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The numbers at the top are outside money. The amounts raised and spent directly by the candidate’s campaigns, mentioned in the explanation, are not “outside money” – the point of the article being about the influence of “outside money”, not total spending.

http://www.facebook.com/egbokalaka Howard Owen

So perhaps Citizens United isn’t such a disaster after all? I think message matters more than money. Apparently elections aren’t just media driven shouting matches.

http://www.facebook.com/sarahamatteson Sarah Mahoney Matteson

In these 5 races ALONE 711.6 million dollars was spent purely to get a candidate elected. our elected officials spend this kind of cash to self promote. What if they took that money and invested it in Education? Veterans? Small business?

Happycat

If you believe this than hopefully you voted for the candidate who truly has concern for all of those issue.

Phoenixchick

I don’t know if one can definitively state that the money was a/the factor for the winning candidates. Perhaps they would have won without. All we can say is that it did not help the losing candidate sufficiently. I am glad that the victors above won. Are there any Republican candidates who did win who got outside money? What were the poll numbers for these candidates before the large infusions of cash?

http://www.facebook.com/alma.morgan.3 Alma Morgan

I am glad Murdoch is not from our state Ohio. We have a good one in Sherrod Brown.

http://www.facebook.com/alma.morgan.3 Alma Morgan

I am glad Sherrod Brown. He is a good man.

http://www.facebook.com/alma.morgan.3 Alma Morgan

I am glad he won.

http://www.facebook.com/alma.morgan.3 Alma Morgan

Good for Timothy Kaine.

http://www.facebook.com/alma.morgan.3 Alma Morgan

Unbelievable. That’s a lot of money to spend to get your own way.

Kathryn

People — get your sling shots. The giant is dumber than we thought!

ward riggins

What Sarah M. Matteson said. How is this ignored by everyone! This is not democracy in action. Why can’t we fix this?